#it's possible Bloodsport was the catalyst or at least the central piece thematically-wise. it feels like Sundowning was written around it

[moonchild-in-blue]

I'm here with more pain if you so please:

I didn’t articulate this in my five second post from earlier but I have a thought that I've had since Wembley 2023. Basically, I think Blood Sport existed before Sleep Token. Like, point blank period. When Vessel chose to play it at Wembley, I realized it. I was like "oh, okay, that's clearly his. That's what started all of this. That's the song. The beginning."

Granted, I'm also sure he had lots of stuff running around in his head. But. I firmly believe Blood Sport existed before Sleep Token. It was like. A complete song/idea before Sleep Token was a complete idea, if that makes sense?

Oh I 100% agree yeah. I've commented this several times before with multiple people, but I fully believe the songs from One and Two (especially One), were written at the same time his Before stuff were. One in particular seems so on par with his previous project's sound. The non-linear writing, the abstract cadence, etc.

I can't remember who said it, but there was someone that mentioned on a recent-ish article that Vessel has enough material ready for at least 2 or 3 albums more (which is not surprising). I constantly wonder exactly how many ST songs were conceived before Vessel ever put on the mask.